sion and seeds. 
- and skilfal hybridising, will produce results commensurate 
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Anemia—continued. + = bod 
neto Lin 
A. villosa (hairy). oira with A. tomentosa. i 
ANEMIDICTYON. See Anemia. 
ANEMONE (from anemos, wind; the ‘greater part of 
the species grow in elevated places, much exposed to the 
wind). Wind Flower. ORD. Ranunculacee. An extensive — 
genus of very ornamental hardy perennials. The generic 
characters of Anemone proper are: Involucre of three cut 
leaflets, distant from the flower; calyx of five to twenty 
petal-like sepals; petals ab sub-genus Hepatica: 
Involnecre of three entire leaflets, just under the flowers; 
calyx of six to nine petal-like sepals; ls absent. For 
botanical purposes, they are both now included under the 
one generic name of Anemone; but in gardens the Hepa- 
ticas are frequently regarded as a distinct genus. They 
delight in a rich sandy loam, but most Ms thrive in 
ordinary garden soil. Some are suitable for borders, 
while others thrive howto on the rockery, most of the 
preferring a damp and p attially s Dor position. = Fér- = For 
numerous varieties of A. coronaria, both double and single 
flowered, the soil can hardly be too nd the position, 
al 
though open, be a sheltered one, and well drained. . 
The tubers ma planted early in October, about Gin. | 
apart, and 3in. A ), Various colours bei rmixed, when | : 
a splendid effect i uced in o bes Py in After 
flowering, the tubers- inal y in June— 
and spread out thinly, y,2 PEP ad until pr 
are dry, when they should be t 
necessary, divided, and 
in pots or boxes of dry s 
gr orbs tet nt ning a | 
. of two parts turfy loam, and one of leaf mould or rotten 
hotbed or cow manure, with about a sixth part of sharp 
gritty sand; but, if so grown, "they should be protected 
through severe weather, and brought into warmth as ae: 
råa cool plzce 
quired. The herbaceous species are propagated by roo 
divisions or root cuttings, or by seeds, in autumn or early 
-~ spring; the seeds are better sown as soon as ripe in pans 
in a cold frame. Some, such as A. japonica, are freely 
increased by division ; while others, such as A. narcissiflora, 
are very slow; and the tuberous rooted ones, by root divi- 
The best and most rapid means of propa- © 
_ gating the invaluable varieties of A. coronaria, and also of 
_ obtaining new ones, is by seed. A careful selection of flowers, 
with the trouble incurred. So soon as the seed ripen, they 
should be gathered and sown at once in aawarm sheltered 
situation outside, or in pans under glass, covering lightly 
with sandy soil, and keeping moist. They are somewhat 
difficult to sow on account of a mass of cotton-like down 
which adheres closely to them; they should be thoroughly 
separated therefrom by rubbing them in dry sand. Of 
course, if the seed are sown at different times, plants will 
be produced which will flower at different periods, and a 
succession of bloom may be had from A 
—indeed, nearly all the year. 
A. alba (white). 7. voei ioe solitary ; sepals ei a 
very blunt. June. or ite; segments ly 
en at top; por of the posse el stalked. hein bin. Asa 
A. alr 
pose 
(alpi j te variously coloured, sometimes white, white 
the bac l yellowish or yellow with their backs 
paler; sepals s : , elliptical, rarely ovate. May. 1. 
sometimes smooth, sometimes clothed ‘with long crowded Xy 
- hairs, biternate; segments pinnate and ey. magiaa invo- 
et be od same form. A, 6in. Mi i fis 
; par with a 
sr aga Plant on the ry in rich 
Syn. Pulsatil ita wien. 
sulpharen if “tea beautiful soft yellow, 2in. to 24in. 
trey they are usually cup-shaped ; sepals 
A. a 
rooted, 
Pa lites on = 
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Anemone—continued. D A 
six, covered with a silky dewn outside; anthers of a rolden 
colour. May and June, ea stalked, droopi Ena 
lft. long; leaflets pinnati deeply othed. A Er beautiful 
form, thriving in ordinary sete baad it Tathor moist 
situation, See Fig. 92.* ee ê 
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sA 
* 
A +o Sr } p ee. 
FIG. 92. ANEMONE ALPI 
A. americana TONENE i A synonym of A, Hepatica. 
A. angul ed).* fine sky blue, over 2in. across with 
pror tg b yee oil maiig a tuft of yellow styles ; sepals 
l. palmately five- 
fine 
S A. Hepatica in all its parts ; it is well 
shited for the border or rockery, enjoying a deep rich soil. SYN. 
Hepatica angulosa, 
Apennine).* blue, ijin. across ; sepals 
x Probtuse, sy pédicel one- flowered. Mara r 
ate ; ‘segments lanceolate, deeply-toothed, 
bin. England (naturalised here and there), and So 
p Reet An exceedingly pretty pint, with soft-looking feathery 
foli i “It thrives best under t artial shade of trees, where 
the flowers rétain their colour longer. Tuberous rooted, — 
A. baldensis (Mount Baldo).* f. white, clothed with apres 
_ hairs on the outside, and reddish tinged with blue; 
to ten, oblong-oval hi A parece one-flowered. May. 2 
segments many-pa lobes linear ; invoiicrii eaves m 
h. 6in. Switzerland, 1792. A. cwrulea is ie” identi s 
this species. ety a of the rockery. re. "Tuberous af 
A. (fair).* ents 
fourteen, 
„elliptical, spreading. February. 
obed; is rrated. ” hb. 8in. to 12in. East Europe. sA very 
pecies, ce the size 
pennina 
. 5 birata oblo. 
pi binately pir 
Carolina). purple or wit pu pescent | 
ong atin fp licel; A to twen 
-linear. May. l. ternate, wi three- , or cut acute! y- 
footed os involucral leaves trifid, with cut lobes, A 90. 
A. kirey slender sae delicate plant. § ay 
of yom ops Tuberous roo "e 
